This is how the lead story on the web version of the Times presents the story.
Occupy protest waning; just ask hot-dog vendor
Hum. If you are hoping that the "Occupy" movement really starts to coalesce and influence the political direction in this country, "waning" is not a word you really want to hear. Synonyms for that word include, "diminishing" and "shrinking." Not really good.
And this is how the lead story on the web version (which is, unfortunately, the only version of the P-I anymore) plays the same story.
Occupy Seattle Heats Up.
Wow. The movement is really heating up. Getting hotter, bigger. That’s quite a radical difference, isn’t it, about how two news organizations play the same story.?
Personally, I would go with the Times version, because, you know, who would have their fingers on the pulse of a grass roots movement that is going global than a seller of pork products who operates from a corner stand? If the view of a political movement by a hot dog seller isn't worthy of a front page story, I certainly don't know what is.
I suppose the P-I version might be talking about how one goes about heating up your hot dogs, but I rather doubt it.
Every once in a while, the Times runs a story that just tells you what their world view is.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Seatle Times and Seattle P-I have a much different take on Occupy Seattle.
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Aren't the Times and the PI owned by the same company?
Not sure.... Don't think so. They didn't used to be, back when the PI had a print edition. They were operating under a JOA, joint operating agreement, which meant that the Times printed the PI print edition on their equipment for a share of some of the profits. It was a very contentious thing for about 10 years, as the Times always objected to being essentially ordered to perform this service. Unfair advantage and all that. That whole issue when away when the print edition of the PI went by the wayside. So, no. Don't think so....
Thanks for asking, tho!
Thanks! I guess the relationship was not quite as close as I thought. I was aware of the joint operating agreement. I always thought that was a strange agreement between competitors.
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